Iconic or Ironic

Enjoy a special episode recapping our trip to NYC🫪 Mostly iconic but some ironic (and idiotic) experiences in that ginormous apple🍎🍎🍎 We ❤︎⁠ NY༝༚༝༚

Hopefully you like Bailey’s way too in depth track-by-track album analyses because we’re back with another for Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide —an album that can best be summed up with this emoji: 🥺. But that’s not all!! There’s also discussion of our perhaps problematic renaissance of Winnie the Pooh as adults sans children, the ‘womaning’ of Lena Dunham, and this summer’s reading trends. Also, Ba...

Title really says it all. As medium-level Harry Styles’ fans (not quite Harries), we obviously had to do a track-by-track analysis of HS4. Bailey attempts (but fails) at a concise review of The Oscars. And Cara provides some slightly belated recs for Trans Rights Readathon ! Now stop listening to podcasts and go dance with your friends🕺🕺

A little late on the Olympic drama (blame Bailey, as usual🙄) but oh, what a time for American patriotism🇺🇸🦅 No irony here at all!🙂‍↔️😉 (We do of course support the Team USA women carrying the medal count though—not surprising💪♀️⚡) The Olympics obviously call for a sports romance segment with Cara’s Current Reads❤️‍🔥🏒👬⛸️👭 And this lovely ep is rounded out with a deep dive into upcoming mu...

New year, same pod (•̀⤙•́ ) Cara and Bailey are back to discuss only the least important things in in our society •𐃷• such as our collective obsession with the year 2016 (𖦹~𖦹)??, the newest GOT spinoff, Harry Styles’ new album😙🪩,Oscar nom predictions (sorry, Bailey took foreverrrr to edit this🙄—they were predictions at the time, we promise🤞, and new music and books of note in the year of our L...

Perhaps a bit idiotic🫠🥸😵‍💫but let’s not get into all that…Instead, Cara and Bailey recap 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ and dive into the Christmas season☃️❆🔔☃︎ Lots of wrapping in this episode! From discussing the iconic, underrated “Christmas Wrapping”(and other fav Christmas carols🎷🔔🎺🌟) to rehashing their Wrappeds of Spotify, YouTube, and Fable—oh my!🎁🎁🎁All that and a shit ton more!

Cara and Bailey prolong spooky season🐈‍⬛🕸️🦇(sorry Nov 1st Christmas observers!🙅🏻‍♀️🚫☃︎🎅) with their takes on the most iconic and ironic celebrity halloween costumes🧛‍♀️🧙‍♂️🧟‍♂️, Bailey’s review after finally seeing the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show 👄👠🎶🏰, and a discussion of their fav scream queens👸🩸📺😈. Cara’s Current Reads📚🐛covers the current and future classics𓂃🖊🕯️📖B...

Tune in to hear Cara and Bailey's deep dive into TS12: The Life of a Showgirl 💃🪩💎🎩👠 They share their album release listening experience, initial and current thoughts on the album as a whole, and Bailey's thoughts on Party of a Showgirl🪩💲🎬 Lastly, they grace this lucky audience with a song-by-song analysis—leaving no Easter Egg unturned🥚 (well, maybe a few🥚🥚🥚 There's only so...

Taylor provided just a bit of news to inspire this episode’s content, and Bailey and Cara are obviously here to discuss the 🧡news🩵(spoiler alert: it is 💎iconic💎).Of equal importance, they’re here to rehash season 3 of tsitp…2 brothers🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️1 Belly🧍‍♀️—what could go wrong ? In other wrappings up of summer🏖️🔚, Sabrina has graced us all with another short and sweet album (✨yay✨), and The...

It may not be 🍏Brat Summer™ but rest assured, it’s another pop girlie summer💅Harry Styles is in his “wellness” era👀, Aquaman🌊is here (welcome back Ozzy Osbourne🙏), and Labubu world supremacy may be near👹Bailey and Cara recap the frightening millennial equivalents of Labubus (think: Furby). Cara’s Current Reads include some not-so-current books (shoutout to books from the 2010s🙌). The man, t...

Taylor owns her masters✅ Sabrina owns the male gaze✅ Addison Rae owns a mic❓ Bailey and Cara ask the only question that matters: is it iconic or ironic ? This episode’s Celebrity Spotlight goes to the Dakota Johnson✨Nepo baby supreme, Razzie winner, shit-shipper, and unexpected literary girlie📖. We reflect on her press tour chaos, her new love triangle movie (featuring Chris Evans and Pedro P...

Brought together to witness the angelic🪽music of Lucy Dacus and Katie Gavin, Bailey and Cara reunite in Chicago for a special episode⚡️🕺They reflect on the 20th anniversary* of the Pride and Prejudice film adaption before revisiting it in theaters🎥 (the Keira Knightley version, of course *insert teeth laughing impersonation here🦷😄*). We hope this episode bewitches🧙‍♀️you,👂body🦶and soul❤️‍...

Welcome back to another episode where you favorite hosts share the hot🥵 takes no one asked for🤭 We yap about the Oscars, Harry running a whole marathon rather than drop new music, and the microcelebrities we’re oh so proud of (and no, we won’t call them influencers). We stan animated movies that will always reign superior to their live action remakes (shoutout capitalism for the lack of original...

Happy 2025!🥳🕺Or is it…Well, we’ll try our best to provide some light in this dystopian world🌎We obviously discuss the “ban” of TikTok (note: this was recorded on 1/18👀) as well as our thoughts on social media overall (spoiler alert: Bailey did delete all her social media👀but you can still follow @iconicorironic_pod on Insta for all pod updates✨). With TikTok tethering on the edge of existenc...

Obviously we had to dedicate basically an entire episode to Wicked ’s film adaptation💚🩷 (plus Cara’s Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 coverage📚and our Spotify Wrapped recaps🎧). Tune in for our takes—besides being completely obsessed with it including, of course, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s performances. We’re also shining our Celebrity Spotlight on Cynthia and her incredible career leading u...

Get ready for a 🦃buffet🦃 of topics on this week’s Iconic or Ironic ! For this Thanksgiving episode, we’re serving up Grammy predictions, regency romance, a Macaulay Culkin deep dive, and more. Grab your plate, it’s time to dig in🫡🍽️🤤

We're back and bringing seasonal vibes as always🍂🕷 🎃What's October for if not spooky reads, Stephen King appreciation, hyperpop remixes, and 2000s computer game nostalgia? All that and more on this episode of Iconic or Ironic🌚🌝

after ghosting y’all for a bit, we’re back with another episode🫡 we’ve been deep in olympic replays and new girl binges, but now we’re ready to spill on demure tiktok, influencer memoirs, and why artists keep dropping a million album versions (taylor, we’re looking at you👀). we’re shining our celeb spotlight on chappell roan, our midwest princess🌽🫶 and if you’re down for some nostalgia, we’re...

After our latest month-long hiatus, we're back and ready to discuss all of the amazing music our pop girlies have blessed us with this summer😇 From Brat to The Secret of Us, we've been busy😌 Tune in to also hear us decode Bridgerton characters' zodiac signs, spotlight our pop queens Sabrina and Chappell, and reminisce about our favorite mermaid content. Get ready for all the iconic (...

We're back with part two of our song-by-song analysis of TS11! This time diving into The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Wondering How Did It End? Tune in to find out.

We've had 3+ weeks to process, and now it's time we share our thoughts on the long awaited TTPD with all our fellow Swiftie listeners🤍 Tune in to hear our overall reactions plus a song-by-song analysis...of the first half of the double album. We had so much to say that we'll be releasing a Part 2 covering The Anthology. So stay tuned!

From the buzz around the new Fantastic Four cast to our current reads, we're back with all the hot takes. We dive into the best Super Bowl ads, make Love Island predictions based on zodiac signs, and shine a spotlight on Usher's career. But most importantly, we discuss the maybe nonexistent love triangle between three of our favorite influencers (Brooke, Connor, and Kat—please tune in!).

Welcome back after our unintentional 2-month hiatus! Tune in for a recap of 2023 including...some of our own highlights, top celebrity moments, and our Spotfiy Wrapped. We celebrate 20 years of Mean Girls and share the 2024 release each zodiac should look out for, plus some pop culture resolutions to liven up your year. 2023 wasn't for me...but 2024 gonna give us some more🫡💫

Covering all things important to October: our favorite spooky movies, the cramming before the end of Spotify Wrapped, this year's go-to Halloween costumes, and in case none of that scares you—the horror of an imperfect female protagonist😱😱

Although we may be ready for fall, we know we can always escape to the islands, courtesy of Jimmy Buffett's discography. In this episode's Celebrity Spotlight, we celebrate the icon's life, music, and legacy. We also discuss the once-forgotten genre of the concert movie, the Disney Channel comeback on the music scene, and Bailey gives a MasterClass in concert etiquette.